I got the following link error in 2.4.25-pre7 when trying to compile drivers/net/wan/pc300_drv.c statically into a kernel with CONFIG_HOTPLUG=n : <-- snip --> ... -o vmlinux local symbol 0: discarded in section `.text.exit' from drivers/net/wan/wan.o make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1 <-- snip --> The patch below fixes this issue by marking the function pointer with __devexit_p . I also did the following changes to this struct: - added indentation - switched to C99 initializers - removed two unneeded NULL's Please apply Adrian --- linux-2.4.25-pre7-full-nohotplug/drivers/net/wan/pc300_drv.c.old 2004-01-25 01:41:56.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-2.4.25-pre7-full-nohotplug/drivers/net/wan/pc300_drv.c 2004-01-25 01:42:52.000000000 +0100 @@ -3459,12 +3459,10 @@ } static struct pci_driver cpc_driver = { - name:"pc300", - id_table:cpc_pci_dev_id, - probe:cpc_init_one, - remove:cpc_remove_one, - suspend:NULL, - resume:NULL, + .name = "pc300", + .id_table = cpc_pci_dev_id, + .probe = cpc_init_one, + .remove = __devexit_p(cpc_remove_one), }; static int __init cpc_init(void) - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html